Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

He coming to the giro to win it. And will be in top shape for sure. He is not like Pogacar that can win the giro on 90%

What I fear is that he can’t hold that from to the Tour. Because he have no history of keeping form over that long. He always bad in the second grand tour.

Like I said, he will be softpedalling in the Tour until Hautacam.

 

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Like I said, he will be softpedalling in the Tour until Hautacam.

Don't matter he still have to hold the Giro from all the way to end of the tour. I don't think he can.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Don't matter he still have to hold the Giro from all the way to end of the tour. I don't think he can.

It matters a lot. Because he can start the Tour undercooked and get himself in shape. He will not race for GC in the Tour. In fact, he only needs to be good in 5 stages in the Tour.

 

[YavorD]

He coming to the giro to win it. And will be in top shape for sure. He is not like Pogacar that can win the giro on 90%

What I fear is that he can’t hold that from to the Tour. Because he have no history of keeping form over that long. He always bad in the second grand tour.

He has done 2 back-to-back GT's only once in 2018. And if I remember correctly, he was a good helper for his brother.

Don't think we have any history to suggest that he's bad in hs second GT. Besides he only needs to be good for 2-3 stages in the second half of the race.

 

[Rob5091]

You're worried about Yatsey not being good enough?! I though the Pogster was the GOAT or whatever ...

 

[Peyroteo94]

You're worried about Yatsey not being good enough?! I though the Pogster was the GOAT or whatever ...

We want a UAE sweep.

 

[hayneplane]

Sending Yates to the giro it’s the dumbest idea. He always bad in the second grand tour in a season. Fear him being super bad in the Tour.
Luckily Visma made same mistake with Simon.

Adam Yates will not be expending full energy in the first week of the tour trying to stay high on GC so I don’t have too many worries that he will be ready for 2/3 key high mountain stages in the second half of the race.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Adam Yates will not be expending full energy in the first week of the tour trying to stay high on GC so I don’t have too many worries that he will be ready for 2/3 key high mountain stages in the second half of the race.

Adam Yates will be important in 4 stages only. Stages 12, 14 (he will rest in the MTT), 18, 19. Maybe I could add Mont Ventoux but it is a unipuerto stage so he doesn't need to be good.

 

[scribers]

 

[Peyroteo94]

I don't like how terrible Narvaez has been. Today's stage was perfect to him.

 

[Monsi]

I don't like how terrible Narvaez has been. Today's stage was perfect to him.

Don’t think it was a plan at all to have him go for the stage. Saw him work to bring Almeida and McNulty to the front just before the final climb then he pulled the plug.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Don’t think it was a plan at all to have him go for the stage. Saw him work to bring Almeida and McNulty to the front just before the final climb then he pulled the plug.

I think he worked because he was dead. This doesn't bother well for Tadej in MSR.

 

[scribers]

Any word on pogis condition post SB crash?

 

[Monsi]

I think he worked because he was dead. This doesn't bother well for Tadej in MSR.

We’ll never know his actual form until MSR anyway. He looked fine in stage 1.

 

[Monsi]

Any word on pogis condition post SB crash?

None that I know of yet

 

[tobydawq]

I don't like how terrible Narvaez has been. Today's stage was perfect to him.

A bit too tough, I would say.

 

[Peyroteo94]

A bit too tough, I would say.

The final climb? I think it is perfect for Narvaez. A 6 minutes effort is what he likes and he wasn't even competing today

 

[BubbaChuck]

''Pogacar underwent a thorough examination the day after the Strade, during which no injuries were found. The Slovenian struggled with muscle pain for a few days after the crash, but was back on the bike on Monday. On Thursday, Pogacar completed a training session in Monaco. In other words, his participation in Milan-Sanremo (Saturday 22 March) is not in jeopardy.''

 

[Peyroteo94]

''Pogacar underwent a thorough examination the day after the Strade, during which no injuries were found. The Slovenian struggled with muscle pain for a few days after the crash, but was back on the bike on Monday. On Thursday, Pogacar completed a training session in Monaco. In other words, his participation in Milan-Sanremo (Saturday 22 March) is not in jeopardy.''

Ready to bomb Cipressa!

 

[Monsi]

The final climb? I think it is perfect for Narvaez. A 6 minutes effort is what he likes and he wasn't even competing today

I won’t really look too much into this with regards to how he’ll go at MSR. We don’t know what was planned by UAE before the stage.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I won’t really look too much into this with regards to how he’ll go at MSR. We don’t know what was planned by UAE before the stage.

Narvaez can't be worse than diesel climbers like Almeida or McNulty in these type of climbs/hills IMHO.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Narvaez can't be worse than diesel climbers like Almeida or McNulty in these type of climbs/hills IMHO.

We saw what Narvaez was capable of on the 1st stage of the Giro last year. He was able to withstand an acceleration of some guy named Pogacar.

 

[Monsi]

Narvaez can't be worse than diesel climbers like Almeida or McNulty in these type of climbs/hills IMHO.

Yes. But GC takes priority. That’s just how it goes.

 

[Peyroteo94]

We saw what Narvaez was capable of on the 1st stage of the Giro last year. He was able to withstand an acceleration of some guy named Pogacar.

Exactly my point. He shouldn't be so bad. Not even in a top20

 

[Berniece]

According to Tom Boonen, Pogacar won’t be riding Roubaix this year. Because Colnago is preparing something and that won’t be for this year. He couldn’t say more.